From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tomasz.figa@gmail.com (Tomasz Figa) Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 16:50:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH v2] mfd: syscon: Decouple syscon interface from platform devices In-Reply-To: <1409668935-10667-1-git-send-email-pankaj.dubey@samsung.com> References: <1409668935-10667-1-git-send-email-pankaj.dubey@samsung.com> Message-ID: <5405D91D.7020108@gmail.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 02.09.2014 16:42, Pankaj Dubey wrote: > Currently a syscon entity can only be registered directly through a > platform device that binds to a dedicated syscon driver. However in > certain cases it is required to bind a device with it's dedicated > driver rather than binding with syscon driver. > > For example, certain SoCs (e.g. Exynos) contain system controller > blocks which perform various functions such as power domain control, > CPU power management, low power mode control, but in addition contain > certain IP integration glue, such as various signal masks, > coprocessor power control, etc. In such case, there is a need to have > a dedicated driver for such system controller but also share registers > with other drivers. The latter is where the syscon interface is helpful. > > This patch decouples syscon object from syscon platform driver, and > allows to create syscon objects first time when it is required by > calling of syscon_regmap_lookup_by APIs and keeps a list of such syscon > objects along with syscon provider device_nodes and regmap handles. > > Signed-off-by: Pankaj Dubey > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Figa > --- > V1 of this patchset [1] and related discussion can be found here [1]. > > Changes since v1: > - Removed of_syscon_unregister function. > - Modified of_syscon_register function and it will be used by syscon.c > to create syscon objects whenever required. > - Removed platform device support from syscon. > - Removed syscon_regmap_lookup_by_pdevname API support. > - As there are significant changes w.r.t patchset v1, I am taking over > author for this patchset from Tomasz Figa. I guess you should also drop my Signed-off-by too. I think the best thing would replacing it with my Suggested-by and adding Arnd's Suggested-by too. Best regards, Tomasz